Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm three weeks in and have lost an average of 2 pounds a week. My side effects have been some acid reflux and some constipation. I haven't been hungry, so hitting fiber and water targets is harder. Overall, I feel great. The side effects are manageable, and I'm realizing how loud the food noise in my head has been since I was a pre-teen. I feel sad that I have wasted so much time thinking about food, feeling guilty for eating, focused on working off the bad choices, and just feeling awful about myself. I've been between a size 2 and size 10 in my adult body, and this has been constant.
Man, this resonated with me. Me too, girl, me too. Loud food noise since about age 13, berating myself for what I ate all the time, trying to starve myself, thinking about working off all the food through exercise all the time. I've always been slim, but it was a constant battle. And I, too, am sad about a lifetime spent thinking about food, feeling guilty for eating, focused on working off food and FEELING AWFUL ABOUT MYSELF. Ugh! I started Zepbound 12 weeks ago. I have lost 16 pounds and I feel and look fantastic, but even more wonderful is the fact that I'm not so obsessed with food, what am I going to eat, how much am I going to eat, how long can I delay the next time I eat, are there going to be temptations the next gathering I go to that I'm going to have to fight off or fall victim to, did I ruin my day by starting it with a donut and now I'll just binge all day.
I haven't done those exhausting, unhealthy things in 3 months and I feel peaceful and content.